Alcohol And Drug Rehab

HALIFAX REHAB

HALIFAX OUTPATIENT SERVICES

Halifax Outpatient Services - Government-Funded Addiction Services

The following government-funded outpatient addiction listings are located in the Halifax area and include Dartmouth, Lower Sackville, Middle Musquodoboit, Musquodoboit Harbour, Sheet Harbour, Spryfield, and Windsor and are listed alphabetically by city/town name. Most clinics are open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm. Please call ahead to make an appointment.

Further information on the following outpatient clinics and other services can be accessed by Central Information and Referral ,Nova Scotia Hospital, 300 Pleasant Street, Purdy Building, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 3Z6, Phone: (902) 424-8866 or toll-free 1(866) 340-6700.

Dartmouth - Belmont House
33 Alderney Drive
Belmont House, 5th Floor
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Phone: (902) 466-1858

Dartmouth - Cole Harbour Place
51 Forest Hill Parkway
Cole Harbour
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Phone: (902) 424-8866
Toll-free: 1(888) 340-6700

Dartmouth - Wyse Road
99 Wyse Road
Metropolitan Place
10th Floor, Suite 1070
Dartmouth, NS B3A 4S5
Phone: (902) 424-2252

Halifax - Bayers Road
7071 Bayers Road
Halifax, NS
Phone: (902) 424-8866

Halifax - Bedford Row
1673 Bedford Row
Halifax, NS B3J 1T1
Phone: (902) 424-5920
Note: Between Prince and Sackville Streets.

Lower Sackville - Cobequid Community Health Centre
40 Freer Lane
Lower Sackville, NS B4C 0A2
Phone: (902) 869-6104
Note: also has a youth program located at the Youth Health Clinic.

Middle Musquodoboit - Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital
492 Archibald Brook Road
Middle Musquodoboit, NS B0N 1X0
Phone: (902) 424-8866

Musquodoboit Harbour - Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital 
7702 # 7 Highway
Musquodoboit Harbour, NS B0J 2L0
Phone: (902) 424-8866

Sheet Harbour - Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital
Adult Day Clinic 
Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital
22637 Highway #7
Sheet Harbour, NS B0J 3B0
Phone: (902) 885-3602

Spryfield 
339 Herring Cove Road
Spryfield, NS
Phone: (902) 479-4494
Note: Located upstairs in the Royal Bank Building

Windsor - Hants Community Hospital
89 Payzant Drive
Windsor, NS B0N 2T0
Phone: (902) 792-2021

Halifax Outpatient Services - Private Practice Addiction Therapists

For additional listings in Nova Scotia including Dartmouth, Yarmouth, and Bedford see the Nova Scotia Outpatient section in canadadrugrehab.ca .

Allard, James - B.Sc., B.Th., M.Ed., D.A.S. (3è cycle), CBT, CCC, RCT
6025 Binney Street
Halifax, NS B3H 2C2
Phone: (902) 425-1690  
Note: treats depression, anxiety, anger, addictions, eating disorders, chronic tension, sexual difficulties. Utilizes a bioenergetics approach to therapy with adults. Speaks English and French.

Mariner, Robert – MA, CCC, RCT
Mariner & Marine Counselling & Mediation
Halifax Professional Centre
740-5991 Spring Garden Road
Halifax, NS B3H 1Y6
Phone: (902) 496-5656
E-Mail: marinerandmariner@ns.aliantzinc.ca

O'Leary, Bill – M.A.
Suite 342 - 5991 Spring Garden Rd.
Halifax, NS B3H 1Y6
Phone: (902) 471-1799 and (902) 422-6177            

Stephen, Elizabeth – M.A, M.Ed. (Counselling), CCC, RCT
Clinical Therapist
Addiction Prevention and Treatment Services
Halifax, NS
Phone: (902) 429-4085  
E-Mail: elizabeth.stephen@ns.sympatico.ca
Note: Treats addictions and is a gambling specialist.

Wicks, Cynthia, MEd, CCC
Share Counselling Services Inc
1673 Bedford Rowe
Halifax, NS
Phone: 902-445-2273
Note: Treats addictions, anxiety, stress, and self-esteem.

HALIFAX MEDICAL SERVICES FOR ADDICTION

Halifax Methadone Maintenance Therapy

Direction 180
2164 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS B3K 3B4
Phone: (902) 420-0566
E-Mail: Direction180@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Note: Services provided include Hep C Education and Outreach, Hep C Testing, Hep C Treatment, Needle Exchange Programs and Harm Reduction Services, Social and Community Services. Direction 180 is a low-threshold, community-based methadone program that employs a harm reduction and health promotion approach in every aspect of their service delivery. Clients are injection drug users (IDUs) who have been unsuccessful in the past in treating their opioid dependency.  Hep C testing, treatment and support services are available at the Direction 180 office as part of their holistic primary healthcare program.

Halifax Services for HIV/AIDS & Other Communicable Diseases

AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia (ACNS)
1675 Bedford Row
Halifax, NS B3J 1T1
Phone: (902) 425-4882
E-Mail: ed@acns.ns.ca
Note: This organization provides services and support to people who are co-infected with Hep C and HIV.  Information about Hep C is included in their educational presentations and workshops and additional information is readily available by visiting the office location.

Halifax Sexual Health Centre
6009 Quinpool Rd., Suite 201
Halifax, NS B3K 5J7
Phone: (902) 455-9656 x0
E-Mail: admin@halifaxsexualhealth.ca
Note: provides Hep C Education and Outreach, Hep C Testing, Individual Support and Counseling. The Halifax Sexual Heath Centre offers a wide variety of sexual health care programs and services including non-nominal Hep A, B, C & syphilis testing, anonymous HIV testing, as well as tests for all other STIs.  Counselling and referral services are also available and all services are totally confidential. You can call to make an appointment.

Infectious Disease Clinic
5820 University Avenue
Halifax, NS B3H 1V7
Phone: (902) 473-5553
Note: for Hep C Treatment. This clinic is located at the Victoria General Hospital QEII site in Halifax.  Patients require a referral.

Mainline Needle Exchange
5511 Cornwallis Street
Halifax, NS B3K 3B4
Phone: (902) 423-9991
Toll-Free: 1(877) 904-4555
E-Mail: mainline2@eastlink.ca
Note: Services include  Hep C Education and Outreach, Needle Exchange Programs and Harm Reduction Services. Mainline is a comprehensive harm reduction program offering needle exchange and support services to current and former drug users in the Halifax and greater Peninsula region. They are client-centered and work from a health promotion perspective.

Mobile Outreach Street Health (MOSH)
North End Community Centre
2165 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS B3K 3B5
Phone: (902) 429-5290
E-Mail: northend@nechc.com
Note: Services include Hep C Education and Outreach, Hep C Testing, Needle Exchange Programs and Harm Reduction Services. The North End Community Health Centre’s MOSH van provides a variety of health services to people in the Halifax region who have limited access to basic healthcare.  Hep C testing, prevention education, referral services and sterile injection equipment are available to clients who may be at risk of or living with Hep C.

Stepping Stone
2151 Gottingen Street
PO Box 47032
Halifax, NS B3K 5Y2
Phone: (902) 420-0103
E-Mail: rene@stepping-stone.org
Note: Services include Hep C Education and Outreach, Hep C Testing. This non-profit organization in Halifax assists female, male and transgender people who work in the sex trade industry.  They provide Hep C testing, prevention education, harm reduction workshops and support services to their clients.

Halifax Medical Monitoring Services

Health at Work Services
We Care Home Health Service
The Westwood
2717 Gladstone Street, Unit 110
Halifax, NS B3K 0A4
Phone:(902) 454-2571 
E-Mail: greg_mckim@wecare.ca

HALIFAX MUTUAL SUPPORT MEETINGS (AA, NA, Al-Anon, etc.)

Al-Anon Maritimes
PO Box 153
Dartmouth NS B2Y 3Y3
Phone: (902)466-7077
Phone: (902)564-5188 (for District 9)

Alcoholics Anonymous Halifax
Phone: (902)461-1119
Note: meetings for Halifax Region.

Cocaine Anonymous Canadian Maritimes
Phone: (902)429-1562

Narcotics Anonymous

Canadian Atlantic Region of Narcotics Anonymous
PO Box 26025
Saint John NB E2J 4M3
Toll-free: (800)205-8402
Note: for meetings in Amherst, Cape Breton, Dartmouth, Digby, Halifax, Kentville, Kingston, Liverpool, Lunenburg, Middleton, New Waterford, Sackville, Springhill, Trenton, Truro, Wolfville and Yarmouth.

HALIFAX RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

Halifax - Adult Support Recovery - Secular

Alcare Place
1374 Robie St.
Halifax, NS B3H 3E2
Phone: (902) 423-8076     
Email: executivedirector@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Note: has been assisting people harmfully involved with alcohol, drugs, and gambling since 1987. Located in the heart of Halifax, Alcare Place adopts a client-centered, holistic approach to the disease of addiction.

NOVA SCOTIA YOUTH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

Halifax - Youth Primary Treatment

CHOICES
IWK Health Centre
1 Craigmore Drive
Halifax, NS B3N 1M3
Phone: (902) 491-2401
Note: for youth 13-19 dealing with substance abuse and gambling.

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